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Saturday, 21 September 2013

Picture Book

NZ Writer & Illustrator

Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Cat
Chapman

The Frog Who Lost His Underpants

Walker Books 2013$27.99hb32pp

ISBN978 1 9219 7789 3

Themes:Friendship/ Jungles/ Quests

Poor Frog feels he is quite undressed
without his favourite red underpants. It takes a colourful walk through the
jungle with his best friend Teddy and a real dilemma before Frog realises
friendship is more important than the way one looks! The story is told in an
interesting mixture of rhyme and straight text and exuberantly illustrated in
muted jungle colours. I would have reviewed this many weeks ago but foolishly lent
it to a visiting child from where it has 'done the rounds' and has only just
been returned to me. My travels around the neighborhood from family to family in
search of it deserves a picture book of its own.